Tenses

Present Tense
Name of tense: Simple Present Tense
1

Formula: No Formula (only the present form of the verb is used)

Question: What always happens?
Name of tense: Present Continuous Tense

Formula: is / am / are + present participle

Question: What is happening?
Name of tense: Present Perfect Tense

Formula: has / have + past participle

Question: What has happened?
Name of tense: Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Formula: has / have + been + present participle

Question: What has been happening?
Past Tense
Name of tense: Simple Past Tense

Formula: No Formula (only the past form of the verb is used)

Question: What happened?
Name of tense: Past Continuous Tense

Formula: was / were + present participle

Question: What was happening?
Name of tense: Past Perfect Tense

Formula: had + past participle

Question: What had happened?
Name of tense: Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Formula: had + been + present participle

Question: What had been happening?

Future Tense
Name of tense: Simple Future Tense
9

Formula: will / shall + root verb

Question: What will happen?
Name of tense: Future Continuous Tense

10

Formula: will / shall + be + present participle

Question: What will be happening?
Name of tense: Future Perfect Tense

11

Formula: will + have + past participle

Question: What will have happened?
Name of tense: Future Perfect Continuous Tense

12

Formula: will + have + been + present participle

Question: What will have been happening?